Relaxation Letter on Rest, Strength, and Currents
A dramatist’s letter to his son discusses deep breathing and relaxation as sources of physical and mental power. It cites biometre experiments, practices of fighters like Kid McCoy, and Japanese war techniques to illustrate how calm focus channels energy into the body, easing fatigue and aiding recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Augustus Thomas
Vigilantes
New York
France
Thomas
Ian
McCoy
Billy Stift
Stift
Picked for Their Records Cadets From West Point to High Commands
Washington report notes that many of the 200 major generals and brigadier generals appointed are West Point cadets. The piece highlights Frederick S. Strong and Maj. Edwin St. John Greble, among others, and contrasts their training, leadership style, and notable family ties to Civil War figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Edward B. Clark
Washington
West Point Military Academy
1St
Lkely
Rdent
United States Military Academy
Military Academy
Frederick S. Strong
Strong
Trong
Frederick
Edwin St. John Greble
National Guard
Grebie
Big Bethel
C. O. Howard
Howard
Greble
Army Register
Late market quotations across cattle grain and more
Late market quotations list buying prices for cattle feeders and stockers, hay and feed, for Colorado upland and prairie crops, with per ton and per cwt figures. It also notes sugar prices in New York, wool and hides markets, and Chicago grain and provision prices, including corn, lard, and poultry values, reflecting a broad commodities snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Upland
Aliana Coew
Shihlwon Valley
Tango Escadrille Leader Faces Four American Flyers
Capt Baron Manfried von Richthofen commands the Tango Escadrille and is hailed as the youngest captain in the German army. The unit, praised for downing 50 enemy planes, engaged four American pilots Lufbery Parsons J Willis and Lowell in a 45 minute air battle, after which the Americans withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Manfried von Richthofen
Germany
Lufbery
Parsons
J. ‘Willis
Lowell
Rainbow Division Formed From Guardsmen for France
Maj. Gen. W. A. Mann to command the Forty second or Rainbow division drawn from National Guardsmen in 26 states and the District of Columbia, soon to be sent overseas to fight in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Mann
States
District of Columbia
France
Angel of Italian Army Madame Mazzucci Appeals for Funds
Madame Mazzucci beloved by Italian soldiers for hospital work behind the Alps has arrived in the United States to solicit urgently needed funds for Italian war hospitals. Known along the front as the angel of the army she is the third of six women granted permits to drive army ambulances in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Mazzucci
Ines
United States
Ano
Mme. Mazzuchi
Italy
Rancher’s Water Spaniel Gains Gray Hair After Firecracker Incident
A Live Oak California dispatch to the Sacramento Bee reports a rancher in the district locked his high bred water spaniel in an empty grain bin with exploding firecrackers. The dog surfaced two days later, and upon return to the house, its hair bore gray streaks from fright. The rancher produced the dog to corroborate the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento Bee
Inventions Parade From Early 20th Century News
A survey of new devices includes a swinging pew range oven for inspection, waterproof shoulder pads for ice or meat carriers, and a claim that the human brain is radio active under certain conditions. Other items note eyelets on shoes, a dismantlable cane to stool, a three section door for garages, and a Bank of France furnace destroying canceled bonds. The piece also lists various bees by name, highlighting honey and bumble bees as most important.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of France
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Richard Harding Davis
Irvin Cobb
Perts
Joseph T. Dickman
Dickman
Newmonger
Denvem Mankets
May and
Gmain Market
F.C. BD Ver
Carload Price
Fleur
Musgarian Patent
Reed
Colo
Dey Mides
Boulder
Hove
Eos
Chicago
Wandard
Anes
Jersey
Minnesota
Minnespolis
Reneed
Jessies Commission
Taney
Ry Econ
Denver Menaganze
Uae
Tango Escadrille
Tames Lad
Garvey
Rainbow” Division
Vosgeshich
Angel
Avricourt
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